[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-pugs-of-the-frozen-north-work-in-progress":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"If you wonder why I haven't been blogging much recently, it's because of THIS. Here's a preview sampler of a couple chapters of my upcoming book with \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/mountains-to-sea-2015.html\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a>, \u003Ci>Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/i>: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugs_sampler1_zpsc5j5dorh-1e9dd57c58.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe artwork for the whole book is due very soon and I'm working with the energy of a whole pack of 66 pugs on it! It's not easy, drawing 66 pugs. I must be careful with my pug count: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugs_wip3_zpswqryr6mr-5b99c1ec22.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHee hee, and they are quite noisy, too:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugs_wip4_zpsormlxyyr-8d18e27e35.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI'm drawing it the same way I did for \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/oliver-and-the-seawigs/\">\u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i>\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/cakes-in-space/\">\u003Ci>Cakes in Space\u003C/i>\u003C/a> but with a different colour this time (turquoise). My favourite part of the job is using my dip pen and India ink to draw the ink layer, after I've done the pencil rough drafts: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugs_wip2_zpsz4ijgffv-32bcf09ef5.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\nHere I am at the library, doing some of the digital colouring. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugs_wip1_zps12dbc2df-ab992bdbf9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nCheck out some of the printed pictures in the Pugs sampler! Funnily enough, there aren't any pugs in these chapters, it's all about YETIS. Who make noodles from snow. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugs_sampler2_zpscecjsyfg-b575a616a3.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWhy have a Yeti Noodle Bar in the middle of our book? Well, because I've always wanted to draw a Yeti Noodle Bar, that's why.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugs_sampler3_zpsb7raxijf-18938b885a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBut you can't just eat your noodles and run. Oh, no. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugs_sampler4_zpsrqvfaq06-853c0df9a1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nMuch frozen landscape:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugs_wip6_zpsfmvlrffj-9f8a2a9426.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd eccentric characters, including lovely bearded Helga Hammerfest and super chic Mitzi Von Primm.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugs_wip5_zpsbujvl2cq-ec8bc80fed.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI've been posting the occasional peek at the artwork on Twitter, so feel free to \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23reevemcintyrebook3&src=typd\">click over and have a peek here\u003C/a>! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugs_bookseller_zpshtgeu5fl-2377fd8976.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>From The Bookseller, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/fionanoblebooks\">Fiona Noble\u003C/a>'s top picks\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n(\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/672844.html\">Click here\u003C/a> for a peek at \u003Ci>\u003Cb>Dinosaur Police\u003C/b>\u003C/i>!)","2015-03-25T10:12:00.000Z","pugs-of-the-frozen-north-work-in-progress",[],"pugs of the frozen north: work in progress",1776628727462]